Mòoré

• Alternate names: Mole, Moose, More, Moshi, Mossi Also: in Mali -- Mole, More, Moshi, Mossi; in Togo -- Mole, Moose, More, Moshi, Mossi
• Scriptures published: Bible (1983) New Testament (1939--1960) Portions (1930--1960)
• Literacy: Not taught in government schools
• Primary country: Burkina Faso
• Region: Central Ouagadougou area; widespread
• Also used in: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Togo
• Religion: Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian
• Livelihood: Peasant agriculturalists
• Status: De facto language of national identity in Burkina Faso
• Number of users: 5,061,700 (5,000,000 in Burkina Faso; 17,000 in Mali (1980); 19,700 in Togo (1991))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Mòoré
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Mòoré on the web
• Joshua Project: Mòoré — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Mòoré — detailed linguistic information.
• Survey Reports at sil.org:
  • Sociolinguistic survey report for the Yaana dialect of Mooré
  • Sociolinguistic survey report of the Jooré, or "Zaoré" language